Ice-cream ladle or cup.



R. A. D. COLMERY.

ICE CREAM LADLE 0R CUP. APPLICATION 111mm MAY 21, 1910.

Patented May 30, 1911.

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ICE-CREAM LADLE OR CUP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3Q, 1911.

Application filed May 21, 1910. Serial No. 562,577.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT A. D. Con- MERY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mount Gilead, in the county of Morrow and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-CreamLadles or Cups, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of ice cream ladles or cups ofthat class which are adapted for the ready removal of ice cream from afreezer or other receptacle, and the objects of my invention are toprovide an improved ladle of this class by means of which apredetermined quantity of ice cream may be removed from the receptacleand by means of which the ice cream engaged by the ladle may be moldedor shaped to a substantially cone form; to so construct my improvedladle or cup as to permit of its being utilized for the filling ofconical containers which are known as ice cream cones. These objects Iaccomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device showing thesame in its open position, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the movableladle sections closed, Fig. 3 is an underside view showing the movablesection open, Fig. 4: is a similar view showing the movable sectionclosed, Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view on line mm of Fig. 1, and,Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the ladle or cup sections closed.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In constructing the ladle or cup body, I employ a fixed section andmovable sect-ions connected therewith. 1 represents the fixed sectionwhich comprises a cylindrical tapering body of cone frustum shape,one-half of said body being cut away from a point below the upper endthereof, resulting in the formation of the semi-cylindrical and taperedbody 2, the unrecessed upper portion thereof forming a half bandprojection 8. To the outer face of the projecting portion 3, is securedone end of an outwardly extending handle 4 of suitable form. In oppositesides of the upper portion of the cup or ladle body are providedopposing slots 5 and through each of these slots pass loosely one ormore rivets or suitable connecting members 6, said rivets forming ri idconnections between external plates 5 and internal cup sections 8. Eachof these internal cup sections, is in the nature of a tapering cupsegment, said sections being when their edges are joined together, of asize equal to onehalf the size of the cup or ladle body. With the plates7 which are curved to conform to the curvature of the upper portion ofthe ladle body, are connected respectively the ends of a spring wireyoke 9 which is formed of one piece of wire and has its outer membersbrought together beneath the handle 4: and thence bent upwardly orlooped loosely over the upper side of said handle to form a finger orbridge piece 9". When the spring wire member thus described, is drawnoutward to its uttermost position, the yoke portion thereof forms thegreater part of a circle and it will be understood that when the wirefinger piece or bridge member 9 is moved along the handle toward thebody of the cup, the opposing wire yoke members will be expanded and theopposing plate members 7 and the movable sections 8 which are connectedwith said plates 7, will be moved in circular paths until said sections8 cover the inner surface of the fixed section 2, thus leaving thegreater portion of that side of the ladle body which is toward thehandle, open, and converting the ladle into an open end scoop. It isobvious that the rivets or other connecting devices which connect thesections 8 and plates 7, will during the movement described, slidewithin the slots 5 of the stationary ladle section.

In utilizing my device, it is obvious that the ladle body having itsmovable sections in their closed positions, may be used as an open-endcup and that the ice cream in the freezer or other receptacle may bescooped into the cup from the larger end thereof, thus filling the cup,after which by pressing the wire bridge member 9 toward the cup body,the sections 8 may be moved into contact with the inner surface of thebody 2, thereby permitting the substantially conical body of ice creamcontained in the cup body to move downward and outward into a baked coneor other suitable container. It is also obvious that my device may beutilized when the movable sections 8 are in their open positions orclosed against the fixed sections, by inserting the ladle into thecream, scooping it toward the operator and then closing the movablesections about the body of cream to impart theretothe desired form,after which the movable sections may be opened and the ice cream bodydischarged therefrom. It will be understood that either of theoperations described may be employed or that the cream may be scoopedinto the completed cup or ladle body and the cup or ladleinverted so asto drop the larger end of the body of cream outward on to a dish ifdesired.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple andefficient means are herein provided for accomplishing the objects of theinvention, but while the elements shown and described are well adaptedto serve the purposes for which they are intended, .it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the precise constructionset forth, but includes within its purview such changes as may be madewithin the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim, is

1. In an ice cream ladle and mold, the combination with a semi-tubularladle section having a circular head formed with an inwardly extendingsemi-circular flange, of tube sections slidably connected at their upperedge portions with said ladle sections and disconnected from saidsections at their lower edge portions, a handle projecting from thecircular head of the semi-tubular member, and means connected with saidsliding segments for moving the same inward against the flange of thehead.

the construction being such that said sections may be moved inwardagainst the flange to open the ladle. p

3. In an ice cream ladle and mold, the combination with a semi-tubularsection provided with an approximately circular head having slots formedtherein and having an inwardly extending semi-circular flange, ofslidable tube sections having means movable within the slots ofthe/heads, and means for actuating the tube sections whereby the lattermay be moved inward against the flange to open the ladle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I ROBERT A. D, COLMERY. l/Vitnesses v J. WV. BARRY, H. O. ALLIsoN.

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Washington, D. G.

